Section 2.4. Changing Pages


2.4. Changing Pages

Administrators and web designers can change the appearance of pages on the SharePoint site by applying themes, designing an existing page, or by using FrontPage. Table 2-4 summarizes those different techniques.

Table 2-4. Ways to change SharePoint pages

Use

To

Themes

Change the fonts and color scheme for all pages on a site.

Design a page

Add, move, or delete web parts on a page through the browser.

FrontPage 2003

Significantly change the content or appearance of a page, or create new pages on the site.


To apply a theme, click Site Settings Apply Theme to site, and choose a theme. Themes affect only the current site: subsites and workspaces subordinate to the site are unaffected.

To design a page, click Modify Shared Page Design this page in the upper right-hand corner (Figure 2-5). SharePoint displays the page in edit mode, showing the web part zones. You can drag web parts from one zone to another, or you can select Modify shared web parts to change a web part Changing a page in this way is handy for minor changes such as changing the text in a title bar of a web part.

animal 2-5. Changing a page through the browser

For example, to change the "Announcements" titlebar shown in Figure 2-5 to "Quote of the day":

  1. Click Modify Shared Page Modify Shared Web Parts Announcements. SharePoint displays the Announcements web part in edit mode.

Some elements on the home page can't be changed through the browser. The navigation bar, Quick Launch, page title, and search box aren static web parts. The easiest way to change those items is by editing the page in FrontPage.

To open a SharePoint web site from FrontPage, choose File Open Site and enter the address of the site to open. For example, http://myoreillydemosite.sharepoint.apptix.net/.

With FrontPage, you can directly edit text on the SharePoint home page, add or remove links, and edit web parts, although the web part tasks are a little hard to locate (they are found on the Data menu). For example, to add a web part to the SharePoint page in FrontPage:

  1. Choose Data Add Web Part. FrontPage displays the Web Parts task pane.


  2. To edit a web part in FrontPage, right-click the web part and select Web Part Properties. FrontPage displays the part's properties in a new window as shown in Figure 2-7.

    animal 2-7. Editing a web part in FrontPage



Essential SharePoint
Essential SharePoint 2007: A Practical Guide for Users, Administrators and Developers
ISBN: 0596514077
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 153
Authors: Jeff Webb

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